Ivy and Kage wake up in a strange place, with no memory of who they are or how they came to be there. All they have is food, water, shelter, and painful welts on the back of their necks. To discover what happened to them, and hopefully escape what appears to be a massive cage, the two must work together, even when startling memories begin to upset the peaceful world they've created for themselves.

One million gamers are trapped in the first fully immersive VR game. Those who die in game, die in real life. The hacker 'Z' issues a challenge. If anyone can play the game and defeat him, all will be free. A pro gamer decides he can do it; he can save them all. But when a game that was meant for fun, has become deadly and macabre, does he stand a chance in hell? Enter Dark Dayz.

Julie and I had been dating for some time. One night I asked her to marry me. I had not meant this literally but she had. She began asking me about plans. I found out it's expensive to get married. I was hoping it would all blow over, but it didn't show any signs of doing so! I suggested we get married by a Justice of the Peace. What happened next was unexpected. This story tells what.

Olson lives in a city that has been sealed from the outside world. He’s an Eleven Year and close to citizenship. His life is upended when one of the few adults who cares about him commits suicide - or so it appears at first. While investigating, Olson meets a girl named Natalie snooping around his school. He soon learns that one of her friends died under similarly mysterious circumstances.

Girl meets boy, girls falls in love with boy. But he’s not who she thought he was. He’s actually a psycho and he locks her in his house. She is terrorized emotionally as well as physically. She meets Joy Monroe and together they will stop at nothing to escape!

ESCAPISM by Annika Ellis is a collection of flash fiction stories featuring people who want a way out. When trapped on a space ship, in a coma, or just a bad situation, fight or flight instincts kick in one way or another. Most choose flight.